Allen Best

6 days ago | vaildaily.com | Allen Best

Matters of little consequence often get major time and attention. And vice versa. Two energy bills in the Colorado legislature this year, one about nuclear energy and the second about electrical transmission, illustrate this. The first bill, HB25-1040, which is now law, declared that nuclear energy is clean. It proclaims that utilities can meet clean-energy targets with nuclear. It also allows private projects access to financing restricted to clean energy development.

1 week ago | durangotelegraph.com | Missy Votel |Molly Cruse |Allen Best

The return of trails season to area BLM lands came a few weeks early this year. On Tues., April 15, the BLM, in coordination with CPW, announced it was lifting winter wildlife closures on trails on Grandview Ridge and Animas City Mountain. This was a full two weeks earlier than the anticipated opening May 1. “This year, there isn’t much snow at low to mid-elevations.

1 week ago | pagosadailypost.com | Allen Best

This story by Allen Best appeared on BigPivots.com on April 14, 2025. Colorado’s electrical utilities and supporters cried foul a few weeks ago about a bill being prepared for introduction in the final weeks of this legislative session. The bill would have required them to get to 100% renewable generation by 2040 provided it could be achieved without harm to ratepayers.

1 week ago | boulderweekly.com | Allen Best

Fred and Wilma (not their real names) take climate change very seriously. For the last several years, they have been members of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, an organization that advocates for a tax on greenhouse gas emissions. Yet like most of us, they were burning natural gas to heat the space and water in their 2,800-square-foot house near Niwot. Last year, they decided to live their values. They set out to go nearly all electric. You, too, can be like Fred and Wilma. Here’s how.

1 week ago | boulderweekly.com | Allen Best

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